Canon Image Stabilized binoculars question:12X36 IS II or 10×42 L IS ?
Diano asked:
I have to decide between the 12X36 IS II and the 10x42 L IS WP but cannot find a single review or comment from anyone who has owned or tried both and has been able to compare them.
The "L" is almost double the price, but I am eager to know if it is really twice as good as the 12x and also whether or not it is also worth the extra weight.
If anyone out there has experience of both these binoculars, I would be happy to hear your comments.
Thanks!
Reply:
I've had a pair of 8X30 binoculars for 25 years.
Then, 10 years ago I bought a pair of Nikon 10X50s.
Now I never use the 8X30s any more.
It is hard to steady the 10X50s but I live with it.
I would go with the 12X36 for two reasons:
1. Higher power is better than lower power especially since
holding steady is not an issue.
2. The difference in objective lens area is not that much.
Hope this helps 
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The 10×42 L model seems like a nice pair. Anyway, I think that the Fujinon is far more effective with its +/- 5 degree stabilization. Canon is I think less than 1 degree. Nonetheless, 10×42 by Canon is much brighter than 14×40 by Fuji.
Hi I’m David, thanks a lot for visiting my site. If you are looking for information on optically stabilized binoculars, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve been using binoculars in some form since back in the 60s at the ballgame with my Dad and in the past few years I’ve spent a lot of time using various models with image stabilization.
Canon Image Stabilized binoculars question:12X36 IS II or 10×42 L IS ?
Hi I’m David, thanks a lot for visiting my site. If you are looking for information on optically stabilized binoculars, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve been using binoculars in some form since back in the 60s at the ballgame with my Dad and in the past few years I’ve spent a lot of time using various models with image stabilization.
The Nikon 14×40 VR look suspiciously similar. I wonder if Fuji makes the both. Anyway, these are night and day better than the Canon’s, at least as far as the stabilization mechanism goes.
Leupold makes the best optics around. However, you will pay for the quality. Check out Bear Basin Outfitters for more reasonable prices on optics.
It’s not exactly a game, it’s FPS Creator.
If you wish a pair for general use, you really do not need to spend that much money. There are several things to consider in buying a pair of binoculars. 1. close focus, 2. eye relief, 3. magnification, 4. field of view, 5. fogging and waterproofing, 6. size. Those are the main points.
If you are perhaps going to use them on a boat and hiking in inclament weather, you should get water proof, fog proof.
If you perhaps should want them for looking at butterflies and dragon flies, you will want close focus.
If you wear glasses you will want adequate eye relief, at least 17 mm.
If you are going to want to look at birds you will want wide field of view, so it will be easier to find the bird among the clutter of leave and branches.
There are two possible drawbacks to the pair you have pointed out. They do not have a very wide field of view, so for bird watching they might prove difficult at finding the bird. They are very large. Since they are 10x they may be difficult to hold steady. I have a pair of 10x and do not have a problem with them, but some do. I also have a pair of 8x and I like them much better because of the wider field of view.
They are waterproof and they have adequate eye relief if you should wear glasses.
Another consideration is that 10 power are a little more subject to image jiggle than 8 power is. Many prefer 8 power for that reason.
I am not in favor of image stabilization but people who have them like them. They are really very expensive, at least the Canon binos.
Just for comparison sake I am going to point you to a couple of less expensive pairs that for general use should prove adequate. These are 8x.
These have a wider field of view, very good close focus, are a tad lighter than the pair you were interested in and about 1/2 the price.
These are even less expensive but the close focus leaves something to be desired.
This pair has an extemely wide field of view.
Now for 10x.
These are a bit marginal for eyeglass wearers.
A very similar pair to the above
http://www.eagleoptics.com/index.asp?pid=4821
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